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JMA, Japan Meteorological Agency, announced the rainy season was over on 13 July in the southern Kyushu and 20 July in the northern Kyushu. We are happy to welcome the beginning of summer! But be careful, these days summers are getting much hotter than what they used to be. In my childhood, summers were like… Read More

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This year’s Tsuyu was announced that it had started on 8 Jun, according to JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency). But it was so strange we were suffered of lack of rain for nearly two weeks just after the announce was made. Normally, or I should say in the past, it was quite common that we had… Read More

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Now, Takachiho Super Cart has been changed its name to “Takachiho Grand Super Cart” with the new train cars of which capacity was raised up to 30 persons. We enjoyed the gorgeous landscape on the iron bridge built at the height of 105 meters above the river. Just watch the footage below on this page,… Read More

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Let me report you that I got involved in a traffic accident the other day during my job with guests. I got hit by a car right behind when I was stopped for a red light at a crossing on the way back to Kumamoto. So I had no responsibility for this accident but I… Read More

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Finally, I have a chance to write about our proud ritual, Hagi Kagura. Hagi is one of five villages of Gokanosho. It’s a small populated village with 7 houses and only 11 residents, where Heike-so and Sakura-so Minshuku accommodations are located. We celebrated a Shinto festival on 11 April to say a prayer to the… Read More

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We are expecting the Sakura season to come very soon on Kyushu island! Where are you going to enjoy “Hanami”? Now, let me show you the forecast announced by Japan Weather Association as the tables below.

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In telecommunication, Long-Term Evolution (LTE) is a standard for high-speed wireless communication for mobile phones and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA technologies. (from Wikipedia) It’s a huge breakthrough, finally we said good-bye to very-low-speed wireless communication! LTE was introduced in Gokanosho today, by the Japan’s biggest telecommunication company Docomo. So travelers who… Read More

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A 14-minute film titled “Gokanosho -Lost In Time-, made by a team from Griffith University, Australia, is up on ABC iView until 10:00 am 22 Mar 2017. I performed on this film as kind of a storyteller. Though I made a lot of mistakes in speaking English, cos it was a total documentary through the… Read More